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HARTFORD, CT- Williams junior Gabrielle
Woodson scored her second consecutive game winning goal to deal
Trinity their first conference loss of the
season. With the 1-0 victory the Ephs extend
their winning streak to eight games, and remain undefeated in
NESCAC play with a 4-0 record. Trinity falls to
4-2-2 and 2-1-1 in the conference.
The Ephs entered today's match up ranked
thirteenth in the nation, but Williams was lucky
to escape a competitive Bantam squad who retained possession of the
ball for a majority of the game. In the first
half neither team scored, but the Ephs were kept on the defensive
despite outshooting Trinity by a 6-3 margin.
“Trinity dominated time on the ball
throughout the game, “ said Williams head coach Michelyne
Pinard. “They [Trinity] were very
organized but our backs kept them in front of us for the most
part. They [Trinity] had too many chances on
goal and it just took us a long time to get settled in.”
Six minutes into the second half Alexa Herlach
crossed the ball. With the shot appearing to head
directly towards the goal, Trinity's
goalkeeper came out of net and misplayed the
cross. The ball bounced behind her and Woodson
capitalized on the mistake and scored for the 1-0 lead. The
goal is Woodson's fourth of the season.
Prior to Woodson's goal, Trinity nearly took
the lead just into the second period. Trinity's Alexa Notte
took a shot on goal that sailed out of arm's length from Eph
goalkeeper Lauren Sinneberg but nicked the left goalpost.
Sinnenberg finished the afternoon with five saves.
Pinard credits her central midfielders, Alexa
Herlach and Kaolin McEvoy, for keeping things going in the second
period and finding space that the team had not been seeing
before. Despite slightly improved play in the
last forty-five minutes, Williams escaped a close call.
“We're thankful that we got the
result we wanted,” commented Pinard.
“We're leaving here today knowing that we need to play
better though if we want to continue to win games in the
future.”
Williams face their final non-conference
opponent this Tuesday at Union at 7:00 p.m. before closing out the
season with five conference match ups.
